Lenovo System x3550 M5 Product Manual page 16

Drive bay Storage
configuration controller*
10x 2.5-inch (front) + 1x RAID or HBA
2x 2.5-inch (rear)
SAS/SATA hot-swap
4x 2.5-inch SATA Integrated 8-port
Simple Swap (front) 6 Gbps SATA
(no RAID support)
1x RAID or HBA
8x 2.5-inch SATA Integrated 8-port
Simple Swap (front) 6 Gbps SATA
(no RAID support)
1x RAID or HBA
4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA 1x RAID or HBA
hot-swap (front)
4x 3.5-inch SATA Integrated 8-port
Simple Swap (front) 6 Gbps SATA
(no RAID support)
1x RAID or HBA
* In the Storage controller column, RAID or HBA means any supported controller for internal storage: M1215, M5210, or N2215.
# PCIe Extender occupies a PCIe slot and is included in the NVMe PCIe SSD Upgrade Kit.
** Requires the selection of the second processor and a PCIe x16 riser card 2 (feature code A5AF or A5AD); if 145 W processors
(E5-2697 v3 and E5-2699 v3) are selected, the ambient temperature cannot exceed 35 °C (95 °F).
Configuration notes:
The HDD Rear Kit (00KA058) is installed in place of the PCIe slots 1 and 2 (see the "I/O expansion
options" section), and it includes a special riser that provides PCIe 3.0 x16 slot 3. No other riser
cards can be used when the HDD Rear Kit is installed.
The HDD Rear Kit is not supported in the configurations with NVMe PCIe SSDs.
145 W and 135 W processors cannot be used when the HDD Rear Kit is installed.
The HDD Rear Kit is connected to the SAS expander on the 10-drive backplane.
Lenovo System x3550 M5 (E5-2600 v3)
Drive kits required
Factory installed:
1x System x3550 M5 10x 2.5" HS HDD Kit (FC A5A0); and
1x System x3550 M5 2x 2.5" HS HDD Rear Kit (FC A5A2)
Field upgrade for the 10-drive bay model:
1x System x3550 M5 2x 2.5" HS HDD Rear Kit (PN 00KA058)
Factory installed:
1x System x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit, Non-Raid (FC A59Y)
Factory installed:
1x System x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit, HW RAID (FC A5A6)
Factory installed:
1x x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit, Non-Raid (FC A59Y); and
1x x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit PLUS, Non-Raid (FC A59Z)
Field upgrade for the 4-drive bay model:
1x x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit PLUS, Non-Raid (PN
00KA056)
Factory installed:
1x x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit, HW RAID (FC A5A6); and
1x x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit PLUS, HW RAID (FC A5A7)
Field upgrade for the 4-drive bay model:
1x x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit PLUS, HW RAID (PN
00KA060)
Factory installed:
1x System x3550 M5 4x 3.5" HS HDD Kit (FC A5A4)
Factory installed:
1x System x3550 M5 4x 3.5" SS HDD Kit, Non-Raid (FC A5A5)
Factory installed:
1x System x3550 M5 4x 3.5" SS HDD Kit, HW RAID (FC A5A8)
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